Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17
1876 GRAND RAPIDS MICH. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY IT. s

shs 10 plump - parsFidzs. Ths lSils
iasfy has a peeaiisr. nsrT0as adectloa Il the
sysiisis watch causes hfr TO <ink Ia he
fanAissg ssy and Al the oddsss moments.
an compelled - speak e tbs
sefeetioa-shieh really eessicer
more Ct q charm fhsn defeet-in
order - illustrate an incident OF tAs Fecent
performances Of Engaged" All mT rszders
know sbst funny genius Harry Hubbard
is- At rehearsal be sas introduced % Nrs.
Dainty ard soEns quick bil Of BIS VII IN
d,lcsd her 10 chat wish him IA Tie Nd > as
they left ths stare together. Size alluded 10
his 4aick appreciation Of hamor and Harry
! olusbsd until bis face assumed the color Of
bis moGstachs and bar. he looked the
little lady s2gaFely in the face and-Greal
CasssE there vas that funny little wink.
What IN the name Of all that's holy
does this mean thought Harry. Have
T. then. 80 soon made an impression. la
other words, what have | struck III just
toilos this thing np."
And the quaint clarionstist began a run
ming nEe Of funny sayings. and all the While
the dignited and demare little actress keps
ap that vinking with her left eve while the
other sparkled merrily. Just Is Harry was
about 10 say something sweet another gen
sleman IN the east stsppsd np aud the
"winks' were transferred 10 him. Harry
witnessed this with pain and when inform
ed, a. he was few moments later, that the
winks were simply q nervous affection of
the eyelids Harry went off and drowned
himself In q large keg of pie own Chi.
esgo lager.
Charlie Hampton has adopted an Indian
motto for bis Daily Rssorter which will
make It's appearance all around Little Trav-
srse Bay this week. The motto Is: "O-gah-
dt-ups ehees,ck nseaah. 0-ilek-e,eak teaft,h
gesbik" il Is Chippewa and means "in
tickle their noses before arr - '.s, mp
with long pole behind
7
A sneaking little clod-hopper named
Stowe publishes in this city weekly paper
called the TradesHsaR. BY q system Of
Uriah Heep coddling of business men, and
appearing 10 be what he is not. he has man
aged 10 secure circulation OF thousand or
more copiss of his sheet among the reput-
able dealers throughout the country. The
paper has heretofore consisted of the gen.
eral markets and q two column aricle by
''Soliman Sn ooks. of Can't Hook Corners"
the latter being the only matter
worth reading the paper has
ever contained. The ''Snooks" articles in
fact buils up the circulation of the paper,
as they were greatly enjoyed by the travel
ing m an. The articles were written by a
well-klown retail deiler OF this city, who
has alvayf strenuously insisted that his
identity should remain secret Knowing
how particular the author was upon this
point, the unprincipled little Stowe man
aged to carry the idea to his readers that be
was the author Of the "Snooks''
articles. At the meetings OF business
men and commercial travellers there
has always been call for "Solimon
Snooks." On such occasions Stowe would
always rise and say: Gentlemen, Mr..
Snooks is modest, and although he is here
he prefers not TO make q speech" This, OF
course, strengthened the impression that
Stowe was the witty Snooks. The gentle
man who is really the author Of the articles,
came TO this Office some time ago and made
himself known TO me. He after
wards wrote letter for this
paper which so incensed the ignorant
little native" who runs the Traaesa,0a that
he wrote an abusive letter to the gentleman
who nad served him faithfully for three
years. The humorist at once severed all
connection with the sneak and began to
write regularly for the TELEGRAM II ERALD
Stowe then descended to the meanest and
most dispicable crime q Journalist can COM
nit and. stealing the name of ''Soliman
Snooks." attempted to palm of some Of his
own silly slop as the production of 'Snooks,r -
| alleging also that the writer in the
TELESRANHERALp was a fraud, who was
trying TO initiate "SnOoks" The letters Of
the lying little Stowe to the gentleman who
owns the nom de pi,rnse are now in my pos
session. SnOoks, as his letter elsewhere
announces. will take care OF the unsightly
little creature. But what has Franklin
WattersOn Ball. of the Democrat. to say9
As usual the eminent editor blundered into
a mire-hole and bit ike gudgeon at the
bait thrown out By the emetic-prO6ucing
stowe effforiallv ha said the Trrrap.~-
HERsID was stealing the name of "Solman
SDn0ks" Oh, frankie, how you must
have felt the other dsy when a mutual
friend proved to you that you were making
v--'rself ridiculous.
I'm a little msth.uu cal. Congress
man. said \. c. Johnson to Hon. C. C.
Comstock the other day. "but Ill will be
blessed II can figure out which i The old
est you or Martin L. which i, it,
Well, said the venerable Representative
with twinkle ia his eye. in var times
when they we're drafting people around
these rsrts Sweet was the oldest, bat that
was long time szo and I've aged a con-
siderable, 50 ths 40. you see I'm the
oldest"
have found e new musical friend that
unfortunately I cannot introduce
to ny scqusintsuces. There is
no particular necessity for any
exclamation in the rear part Of the hail.